[单项选择]The obesity epidemic is being fueled still further by a growing trend among kids to eat out and bring takeout food home, University of North Carolina researchers say. Such foods are high in sugar and calories, and their increasing popularity means youngsters are getting more calories than they need, the researchers noted.
Since 1994, this trend has been growing rapidly and reflects the availability of fast food restaurants and foods prepared in supermarkets and other food stores, the researchers say. In fact, calories eaten away from home increased from 23.4% to 33.9% between 1977 and 2006.
"We found that kids eat a relatively maintained level of calories at home, but in addition kids also eat an increasing number of calories outside the home," says study author Jennifer Poti, from the university’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. "Eating outside the home is actually fueling the increased energy intake for kids." Poti says much of the foods children eat outside
A. Calories eaten away from home increased from 23.4% to 33.9% between 1977 and 2006.
B. Youngsters eating taking-out foods are getting more calories than they need.
C. Jennifer Poti and Samantha Heller are colleagues.
D. Poti’s study was based on the data on 29,217 children ages 2 to 18.